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Technique 1: Flat Card or Paper You will need: Flat Card or Paper, Rubber Stamp, Embossing Pad, Embossing Powder, a wide container, spoon, small paintbrush, Deckle-edged scissors and a glue stick.
 
Empty embossing powder into a wide container for ease of use.   Gently tap rubber surface of stamp onto embossing ink pad to wet surface.   Press wet stamp evenly and firmly onto card/paper.   The embossing ink is tinted pink, so you can see where you've stamped.

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Empty embossing powder into wide container for ease of use.
2
Gently tap rubber surface of
stamp onto embossing ink pad
to wet surface.
3
Press wet stamp evenly and
firmly onto card/paper.
4
The embossing ink is tinted
pink so you can see where
you've stamped.
       
You can repeat the process several times. Then cover the wet, stamped images completely with embossing powder. Gently tap off the excess powder back into container for re-use. Powder will cling to the stamped image. Remove any stray powder with a small dry paintbrush.

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You can repeat the process
several times.
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Then cover the wet stamped
images completely with
embossing powder.
7
Gently tap off the excess
powder back into container for
re-use.
8
Powder will cling to the stamped
image. Remove any stray
powder with a small, dry paintbrush.
       
Warm up the heat gun and hold over each image until just melted. Do not overheat the powder. Using deckle-edged scissors, cut out each image. Glue onto the front of your card in the desired position. A very simple example !

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Warm up the heat gun and hold
over each image until just
melted. Do not overheat
powder.
10
Using deckle edged scissors,
cut out each image.
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Glue on to the front of your card in the desired position.
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Hey Presto! YOU CAN, OF COURSE, STAMP AND EMBOSS DIRECTLY ONTO YOUR FOLDED BLANK CARD, MAKING THE PROCESS EVEN QUICKER AND SIMPLER.
 
Click the link on the right for a
step by step guide to embossing on Coloured Mulberry Silk Paper.		   Technique 2  
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